The first ray of sunlight pierced the sky in the morning, and the light was much dimmer after being refracted by the window glass. Pointing to this light and reading something seriously is idiot's dream, and it is still barely possible to see a few words clearly.
[Name: Nyarlathotep]
[Card number: 039]
[Level: SSR]
[Remarks: One of the three original gods, the only one with a real personality among the many outer gods, but it is the highest joy to plunge human beings into terror and despair. He walked the world in more than a thousand images, the most common human incarnation being an Egyptian male with dark skin and a bright smile. It may be for the convenience of missionary work, unexpectedly good at the skills required by modern society. But after a certain incident, will insist on driving by himself. In addition, it may be a little too sensitive to screaming, it is recommended to let him get used to it by listening to it more. PS. If this is done, the card refuses to be responsible for all possible consequences.]
Lin You: "..."
It's strange, sometimes she feels that the card description is more devilish than her.
To make up for SCP-096, the trunk of the car was filled with piles of paper bags, and she was going to deliver it to it at an opportune time.
Leaving the suburb where the office and the client's house were located, they were driving on the road leading to the mountain.
She didn't expect things to be so easy, probably because... Apart from other things, she and Nyarlathotep could be called hit it off in a sense.
"Speak up."
Geng Qinghe was not a chatterbox at first, but now that he solved a big problem, he was in a good mood, and he couldn't wait to bring up the topic again.
"Sister You, you just changed to drive and you really surprised me." At that time, he thought that he might have some plans, so he didn't dare to ask, but now he asked curiously, "I still remember you said in Mary Xiao's instance...cough. "
She can drive whatever you want, as long as you are not afraid of her driving the car into a ditch.
"But it feels okay."
... provided, of course, that the brakes, which are designed to make people hit the glass, are removed.
"Seriously?" Lin You looked at him.
Geng Qinghe nodded.
"Want to know what happened to my last drive?"
"Don't mind, don't mind!" The skull shouted in a panic at the right time, "I can't bear to be scared by this bone!"
Lin You: "As for it, I didn't really rush down."
Skull: "... As for it!!"
Geng Qinghe: "..."
He suddenly didn't want to know, the most important thing was to live well.
"Looking at it this way," Gu Heng sighed faintly, "I'm the only one doing it?"
It feels like he has been reduced to a professional driver.
When he saw a figure standing beside the woods, he stepped on the clutch in time, and the car stopped right in front of that person.
Before leaving, Lin You pointed to the direction and told Langton that once he found something, he would wait on the road they were going on.
At this moment, although he was full of anxiety, he still stood there rubbing his hands. It can be seen that he originally used the tree trunk to cover his figure, and he stood up when he saw the car from a distance.
"Where is the altar?" Lin You rolled down the window and asked.
Langton: "It's kind of..."
Lin You: "Is it?"
He was obviously unwilling to be the one being questioned, but now that he was weak and demanding, he could only snort and continue to speak reluctantly.
"I followed a group of people secretly last night, and I probably saw clearly which direction they were going." Langton's eyes twitched nervously, "But they watched very closely and were always wary of me. I followed halfway for fear of being exposed. I didn’t dare to follow.”
"But do you remember where it was?"
Geng Qinghe interrupted.
"Can I try to find it later?"
The safest way is to destroy their altars before the arrival of the moonlight night, and cut off the back road ahead of time.
"Yes, yes," Langton glanced at him, "but after I waited there for more than ten minutes, I saw another team coming from the opposite direction."
In other words, the altar is guarded by several groups of people in turn.
"So," Lin You said thoughtfully, "can't you destroy the altar quietly without disturbing anyone..."
"Don't be afraid of alarming anyone."
Geng Qinghe thought very simply, "As long as we get rid of that guard team and come back in the next shift, we've already slipped away without anyone noticing, and there won't be any trouble."
Skull snorted, "Sure enough, he's still a young man."
Geng Qinghe: "...ah???"
"The most important thing is not the altar." It said in a rather smug teaching tone, "it's what's still in that cave."
As soon as these words came out, Geng Qinghe understood in seconds.
—Black goat calf.
Thinking of the last time he met it, he couldn't help but groan.
"Other than that, do you know what else is needed for the ceremony?"
Before Geng Qinghe could answer, the skull asked himself and answered: "Blood."
"Prepare a full two hundred liters of blood," it said, "soaking the altar in blood during the ceremony can greatly increase the possibility of successfully inviting the black goat mother god. As long as there are black goat cubs and blood in the , they can prepare another stone altar—I don’t believe that such a formal ceremony has not been left behind.”
"The altar, the young black goat, and the blood are indispensable. In my opinion, the best time to do it is when the three are together. Of course, the time will be very tight, and the risk is not small. It depends on how you do it." chosen."
"Don't worry about time."
Lin You thought about it and said.
"That's exactly what I thought. No problem, it can be done."
She just got an SSR card.
All she wanted, though, was not to let them move the black goat cubs. Although I have heard of the fact that the black goat that summons the forest can use blood as a medium, I have never thought of it for a while. Skull really has a very detailed understanding of this aspect-even the specific figures.
Langdon also looked a little surprised. He didn't expect a guy with only a brain to know so much. And when he looked at Shanglin You and Geng Qinghe with pity, and when he tried to understand why they were looking at him like that, he immediately became a little angry from embarrassment.
——They all remembered the summoning circle painted on the floor in the attic of the hotel. Compared with the scale tonight, it can be said to be a world of difference.
Crude, shabby, and not waterproof.
"I can't help it! I can't help it!"
He yelled: "They are doing the most conservative summoning ceremony, and I can succeed in theory like that! Do you think I don't want to be waterproof?!"
Besides, how can a normal person bring a bucket of water here? !
Lin You wisely didn't bother with the cultists about the issue of faith and self-esteem. She said in her heart that the time of action would be in the evening, and they could ambush at the place where Langton stopped following. It's less likely to be detected from the middle than from the cave.
"Sister Yuzu."
Geng Qinghe quietly came over.
"You said it's already at this time," he muttered, "I haven't contacted you yet..."
Lin You knew that he was talking about Jian Mingjia, so she also lowered her gaze.
"actually."
"I was thinking about a question," she said.
Geng Qinghe: "...?"
"Until now," she picked up a branch and drew two lines on the ground, "how have we acted?"
How did you act
Didn't he just investigate the dagger and return to the forest after dealing with Naia's matter—Geng Qinghe met Linyou's eyes and immediately knew that he wanted to go wrong.
"Strictly speaking, if it wasn't for the fact that I and you were together last time, and the 'roles' I played in this dungeon had the setting of knowing each other because of that crisis, we might not be able to get in touch with each other."
"Unlike other dungeons, we are deliberately separated this time, maybe because we want to give different tasks."
"My line is a continuation of last time, the mother of the black goat - Shabu Nicholas. And you, it is Nyarlathotep." Lin You breathed out, "Think in the worst direction , she may have other clues."
Shabu and Nayaki are gone, and there is still one original god of the three pillars.
Geng Qinghe gasped.
"… no problem?!"
"There should be someone else there." Lin You wasn't too worried, "It's like you and Gu Heng appeared together, no matter how you let someone else handle it alone."
Geng Qinghe: "But sister Youyou, aren't you—"
"It may be a special case."
Lin You blinked, "For example, it is judged that there are half more people in my place."
Skull: "..."
Who is half? ! !
... No, it doesn't seem to have even half of it, only a quarter.
Protesting like this is not enough confidence, it can only shut up resentfully, pretending that it didn't hear.
It always gets dark earlier in the mountains.
It took them half a day to get a clear idea of the surrounding terrain, and when the sun was setting, the group hid in a place Langton looked forward to, quietly waiting for the group of guys in hoods to pass by.
Langton himself didn't want to stay here, and he was afraid that he would end up in trouble, but Lin You was wary of his small tricks and ordered him to act with them. Geng Qinghe was pressing on his shoulders, and the latter had no choice but to squat down beside the grass.
"Hush."
Skull suddenly said, Lin You didn't bother to remind it, except for it, no one made a sound at all.
Everyone held their breath in unison.
The guy in the front is carrying a lamp, only his chin is visible. They were carrying something and walking silently in the forest, and the overwhelmed grass was rustling. This scene made the sound sound like a bug crawling up their back, which made people feel uncomfortable all over.
Eighteen, nineteen, twenty...
Lin You counted the number of people. Obviously, on the wet new moon night, all the believers participated in the ceremony.
And it's not just them.
There was a rancid smell wafting over.
The dull sound of the heavy object falling to the ground was mixed with the sound of something slippery slipping through the water, and in the distance, a huge monster that was only a head shorter than the surrounding trees walked in the middle of the encirclement of believers.
Probably because it had been so well enshrined, it looked even bigger than the last time they had seen it.
Even though he has seen the black goat cub once, its appearance still makes Geng Qinghe feel very uncomfortable. The huge lump wriggled with the help of several hooves, and the whip-like tentacles slid across the trees. The mucus-filled mouth had eaten people before—he tried hard not to make any sound.
The person walking at the end also moved a certain distance away from them. Lin You turned her head and waved her hand, signaling to follow.
The group of people paid attention to their feet as much as possible, and it was obviously correct to start tracking from the middle. They didn't have to be so worried for too long.
Follow the opponent's footsteps to the end, where a clearing has been cleared early. In the center of the site is a huge stone, presumably that is the prepared altar.
Crouching behind a bush not far away, Lin You carefully observed the movements of the group of cultists.
They lit a bonfire.
The light of the fire was bright or dark, and the face under the hood was blurred. Now I also know what these believers were carrying and carrying in twos and threes just now—they overturned those containers, and a large amount of dark liquid was poured on the altar, seeping into the veins of the stone.
"Where did they get so much blood?" It's one thing to hear about it, but another thing to see it with your own eyes, Geng Qinghe couldn't help asking.
"Think about the better ones, poultry and livestock." Lin You said, "The worse ones are more effective..."
She didn't continue talking, but she understood everything that should be understood.
It's time to act.
Lin You thought.
She should also try the power of her newly acquired SSR card.
She turned her hand back, only to feel that the card disappeared in her hand.
"That's why you called me here."
The dark-skinned man leaned against the tree, "Why should I help you?"
"Isn't it very interesting?" Lin You said naturally.
He turned his head and met Lin You's gaze. After a moment of silence, the two exchanged a smile at the same time.
Geng Qinghe: "..."
The chill down his spine shouldn't be his illusion... Do you want to light a candle for those people on the opposite side now
"Whatever you say, but since it is in this form now."
Nyarlathotep said lazily, "I don't like to shoot myself."
It was only half a second after his voice fell, and the sky darkened.
No, that's not accurate. It was also night at first, but the fires lit by these cultists illuminated the surroundings. But at this time, even the bonfire was suppressed.
One, two, then more. Geng Qinghe recognized it. Appearing above out of nowhere was the horror hunter they had seen once, and another unknown monster. They came at the same time in response to Nyarlathotep's call.
"The horse's head, the bird's body, and the bat's wings," said the skull calmly, "is the Shantak."
The first scream sounded, and a female believer noticed a vision that was completely different from her imagination. She pointed in the air blankly, and soon attracted the attention of others.
They didn't understand what was going on, and were too busy clutching their heads in the assault. The strange birds were still circling in mid-air, thirsty for blood, and swooped down on the altar from time to time, which was enough to make the believers scatter and flee.
"Don't worry," Naia snapped his fingers with a malicious smile, "This is just an appetizer."
Among the frantic shouts of the believers, this insignificant sound seemed to reach the ears of the servants flying in the sky, and they immediately changed their hovering posture. Most of them rushed towards the four or five meter tall black goat cubs, who were confused by these hordes of guys and stumbled to drive them away with their tentacles.
A few of them were unlucky enough to get hit by this blow, and broke the trunks of two trees in succession as they flew out, but more immediately made up for it. One of them was particularly annoying. Under Nyarlathotep's command, it quickly shuttled between the tentacles, and pecked it vigorously from time to time.
The furious black goat cub waved its tentacles, finally seized the opportunity, raised its two huge hooves under its body, and slammed down towards the front!
A loud "crack" was enough to confirm that the guy who harassed it had died under its hooves.
The black goat cub looked up proudly—
It froze.
The Shantak bird, which was supposed to be trampled into blood, flapped its wings, its horse-like head dangled in front of it, and made an ugly "quack" sound, as if mocking it for being fooled.
Then what did it step on just now—? !
The black goat cub tremblingly raised its front hooves again, and saw the torn stones underneath.
…it crushed the altar of the Mother Goddess.